President Barack Obama plans to discuss cybersecurity issues...
President Barack Obama plans to discuss cybersecurity issues with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet in June, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday. Carney would not comment on a Washington Post report (http://wapo.st/ZaMji4), whichsaid China had…
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hacked and acquired U.S. weapons designs, but told reporters during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One that he had seen the article and said “it is a key concern” of the administration. “It is an issue that we raise at every level in our meetings with our Chinese counterparts and I'm sure will be a topic of discussion when the president meets with President Xi in California in early June. It was certainly a topic of conversation when National Security Advisor [Tom] Donilon was having meetings in China, from which he is just returning now.” Claims that Chinese hackers “have somehow led to the erosion of our capabilities or technological edge are incorrect,” a Department of Defense spokesman said Tuesday in a statement. Defense has “full confidence” in its weapons systems and has added additional protections against hackers, he said.